Well, I bought another car today...I just haven't paid for it.  The CRX I bought two weeks ago really isn't the daily driver I was looking for, and I ran into a great deal today and jumped on it.  Once I get it maybe I will post pictures for you guys.
  Anyone intereted in an 89' Honda CRX for $1800?  It has a ZC swap and about 160k on the body.  If you or someone you know is interested please let me know.

I am listening to a band called Hollywood Undead, and there really good, and im bored, and yeh...

ummm.....

yeh...

bye

Well, this week so far has been quite upbeat as far as things at school go. The university was fined $5,000 by the SEC because we rushed the court. Bruce Pearl said he wasn't upset about it. We're not upset about it. I don't think the university or the athletic department cared too much either because of the attendancve of the game and how much more we love the basketball team than the football team. Instead of talking about spring training and conditioning for football we're talking about the NCAA Tournament for our MEN'S team.

I'll quit boring you with that to talk about something much more exciting and important: my birthday.

It's 13 days until I'm 19. It's not one of those important birthday but I see it as one step closer to 21!

That being said, there's not much more to say I suppose.

I'll go into training at the TV station next week..wish me luck!

Super Bowl XL: Steelers vs Seahawks
Bet's are on for the taking. I've got one. Any other takers? SEAHAWKS! Shaun Alexander all the way!

By the way..
#19/#20 in the AP/Coaches Poll's. Go Vols.

have
you ever known something about someone & wanted to talk to that
person about it but couldn't because you weren't really supposed to
know it in the first place?
what did you do??


i found something out not too long ago about someone that care alot about..
we're not as close as we used to be, but still i care.
when i found out i was completely shocked.
i dont know what to do.
it makes me sick to think about.
&& now i've lost alot of respect for this person.
but its impossible for me to tell anybody.

i
don't
know
what
to
do.

i got my dress today!

if you want to see it, go to my xanga. www.xanga.com/cheese_puffs_in_the_wind

don't you love that feeling when you almost feel God embrace you. you start thinking about him or you are in the middle of worship and all of a sudden your heart goes still and then you feel all warm inside. like someone is holding you. but in reality no one is there but a smile comes to your face because you know inside exactly what or who it was. that is AMAZING!

Prepare the way
Prepare the way of the Lord
Jesus...
You are the light of the world
Jesus...
You are the King of the earth
Jesus...

dang i love my friends

Well this morning was ok, accually almost all day was ok, until I had to go to my "credit recovery" thing...  So I sit in the computer lab until like 3:45, then they tell me to go home because they don't have the program set up right.  So I don't have a ride until 5:00pm, so I try to call home on my cell and it tells me the number is expired so I couldn't call.  So I ended up standing outside from like 4:15-5:00 waiting on a ride home...  You'd think that they would have it set up right but nope, make me show up then not even get credit for it...  Pissed me off big time.

brian and i are getting married and going to prom.

i got into 5 out of 8 colleges so far.

it's actually snowing alleluia.

As I was looking for guitar chords i came upon this song and it really hit me that this song should be our cry!! Just take a minute and meditate on it!

Charlie Hall's Center (New CD is on iTunes I defintly recommend it)

NEW CD TITLE: FLYING INTO DAYBREAK

Christ be the center of our lives

Be  the place we fix out eyes

Be the center of our lives

We lift our eyes to heaven

We wrap our lives around Your life

We lift our eyes to heaven to YOU!!

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face,

And the things of earth

Will grow strangly dim,

In the light of His glory and grace.

We wrap our lives around Your life

We lift our eyes t

Well, school is well underway. I have a quiz in English and questions due for History on Friday, a draft due in English and a Theatre Appreciation test over chapter one due Monday, and a critical book review over Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass due in History and a test over Deathtrap on Wednesday. Thank goodness I'm off Saturday.

I bought the score to The Chronicle's of Narnia. I recommend you do the same. It's awesome!

RFC kicked off the semester last night with a chili supper followed by the weekly devo. 'Twas a lot of fun. I intend on going to more of those this time around.

I've been pricing more camcorders. cNet.com is a lifesaver.  Seriously, if you're interested in purchasing ANYTHING in electronics, go there. They give you prices from many stores throughout the country.  I'll probably buy from there and save at least a hundred dollars.

A Dialogue Between the Soul and Body
By: Andrew Marvell

SOUL
O who shall, from this dungeon, raise
A soul enslav'd so many ways?
With bolts of bones, that fetter'd stands
In feet, and manacled in hands;
Here blinded with an eye, and there
Deaf with the drumming of an ear;
A soul hung up, as 'twere, in chains
Of nerves, and arteries, and veins;
Tortur'd, besides each other part,
0 In a vain head, and double heart.

BODY
O who shall me deliver whole
From bonds of this tyrannic soul?
Which, stretch'd upright, impales me so
That mine own precipice I go;
And warms and moves this needless frame,
(A fever could but do the same)
And, wanting where its spite to try,
Has made me live to let me die.
A body that could never rest,
Since this ill spirit it possest.

SOUL
What magic could me thus confine
Within another's grief to pine?
Where whatsoever it complain,
I feel, that cannot feel, the pain;
And all my care itself employs;
That to preserve which me destroys;
Constrain'd not only to endure
Diseases, but, what's worse, the cure;
And ready oft the port to gain,
Am shipwreck'd into health again.

BODY
But physic yet could never reach
The maladies thou me dost teach;
Whom first the cramp of hope does tear,
And then the palsy shakes of fear;
The pestilence of love does heat,
Or hatred's hidden ulcer eat;
Joy's cheerful madness does perplex,
Or sorrow's other madness vex;
Which knowledge forces me to know,
And memory will not forego.
What but a soul could have the wit
To build me up for sin so fit?
So architects do square and hew
Green trees that in the forest grew.

So what if it was for an A.P. Lit mini-test?!  This poem rocks out.  The metre, the rhyme scheme, the inversions (not to mention the sentiment).... Bliss.  Pure bliss.

And just because everyone and their mother has been talking about prom on Phusebox today.... Pretty sure my dress came in the mail.  Awwwww heck yes.  I just need to get around to asking someone, though, so I know whether I'm wearing heels or flats (this is actually quite important; flats will require I hem the dress to a walkable length).  Blah.  I should just take the LotR cardboard stand-up from my room, lol!

What but a soul could have the wit
To build me up for sin so fit?

Holy cow.  I actually was able to apply knowledge to an essay in European History today!  So surreal.... I'm used to BS-ing my way through them with a smattering of possibly-factual ideas concerning the general (very important) era.  But no, today we actually studied in the period before!  Amazing.  Stupendous, even.  We may yet graduate as responsible scholars.  Perish the thought.  Responsible?  How insulting.

But none of this is really important.  I wonder how the voting went today.  I think they were voting for Alito's confirmation (or lack thereof), at any rate.  Hm.  Ponder.  Anyone out there know??

    Life has been hard but God keeps me going strong and my awesome boyfriend supports me through it all..

Everyone should be patient enough to wait for the one God has for you.. I don't know if he is it, but I'm sure glad God brought us together at this point.

Hey Loves!!

                   So what has everone been up to?Nothing much here...I just got back from Ohio like this morning at like 3 or 4 a.m!We got 1st place at the competition...Well school is good right now I have like 2 F's ((for progress report)).Boys nothin new...except this one guy his name is Micheal and he lives in Franklin...and he is a sophmore....the other guy I liked didnt even really notice me...Oh well!!!Church..was fun the other night ((I guess))...Cheerleading....Same old stuff!!!!Family Good I guess.....Ummm......no one ever leaves me any remarks...UGHHH that makes me soooo mad....haha!!

**Leave Me Lots And Lots Of Remarks**

                               <3 Ya Ashleigh

photo from classicrocker
Everyone,I need a place to take that lovely lady on V-Day...

went a little crazy today...but it was fun...

woke up around 6 30 and thought to myself...why would i go to school today?...realizing that i didnt have an answer to this question i went back to sleep..

im auditioning for governors school this coming saturday...im so excited/nervous...art art art is all i think about.. love-kels

well... this week has sucked so far. yesterday was just ___ and today i had a really crappy morning. but the Dance Showcase today was cool.

the weekend was good. Kohry and his bff, Ashley, came up. ^_^ that was nice. they stayed all weekend. we ate lunch at my dad's on sunday... that was... uncomfortable. but my family LOVES Kohry. ^_^ it's awesome. he and JohnJohn are SO cute. they get along really well... it's really sweet.

my boys. ^_-

so yeah... hope the week looks up. i won't be able to see Kohr this weekend... which sucks. his mom's being a poopie head (to be nice about it) and i have to work. so it's just not gonna work out.

anyway, CHEERS!!

well... this week has sucked so far. yesterday was just ___ and today i had a really crappy morning. but the Dance Showcase today was cool.

the weekend was good. Kohry and his bff, Ashley, came up. ^_^ that was nice. they stayed all weekend. we ate lunch at my dad's on sunday... that was... uncomfortable. but my family LOVES Kohry. ^_^ it's awesome. he and JohnJohn are SO cute. they get along really well... it's really sweet.

my boys. ^_-

so yeah... hope the week looks up. i won't be able to see Kohr this weekend... which sucks. his mom's being a poopie head (to be nice about it) and i have to work. so it's just not gonna work out.

anyway, CHEERS!!

{edit} i forgot to write that Kohry got to meet Caitlin and Zach this weekend! and that was awesome. they're fun kids. Cait is a really great bff. hehe. yup.

So BLAH is what I feel like!  I mean, I just feel really bored and ready for something awesome to happen.  I'm in TNL tonight but the part isn't anything big so I'm not worried about it.  I love being in TNL.  It makes me feel special.  Woohoo.  Yay for TNL!!!

so when i looked at the call back sheet for West Side Story this morning, i wasn't there and neither was Ashley Brown... but.. Donna Shearron (i went to her for comfort lol) told me that Mama G just talked to her for like half an hour about how she thought about it last nite and wanted to call back me and Ashley. and then in music theory Mama G pulled me aside into her office and told me she wanted to call me back ^^ and then in Choir 5th period she called back Ashley and Lupoli! ^^ and a bunch of ppl i love got called back as dancers! w00t! now i'm goin over to Rae's to practice lines ^^ I LOVE YOU ALL!

"There are so many choices
That I can't make any guess
Where I like to find my way at last
But as we walk side by side
Expecting the same future
I feel nothing is so true as your profile
Because you know?
There is nothing but love
That is valuable in the end"
-Ayu (ourselves)

well, i would have posted sooner, but my mom grounded me from the computer for something off-the-wall...oh well...so now i'm at mtsu with her and i persuaded her to let me on...i'm so happy...

don't know how much longer it will be till i can get back on here more regularly, but know this for now...

i love you all!!
mucho love,
[becca]

sooo....

guess who is a main dancer for west side story???

ME ME ME ME ME!!!

ok, so im really excited!  can you tell???

i love you all and have a great hump day (tomorrow)

_rebekah

PROM...

So

i have decided that since everybody else has a post about this, then i should too...Well i REALLY wanna go..it's

my senior prom, and it's going to be amazing (or atleast i think so) i love getting dressed up....and it will be the last time the senior class will be together, before graduation...which is kinda sad... the subject is kinda tiring somewhat..i wanna go, but i don't really have a date... I asked someone and got rejected...so yea i'm that big of a loser....then Shandy's b/f..Brad..his lil brother Matt, said he'd take me if i had no one else to take...which is sad, cuz it's kinda like a pity date, so i'm happy that i atleast have a back-up date, but i'd rather go with a friend of mine...which i don't have many of, so that's gonna be a problem...oh well... yea i really wish someone would ask me because they think i'd be a fun date, NOT because of an interest in me....which isn't a bad thing if they are, but if a guy asks me, i don't want him to assume that i think he likes me, i wanna go and have fun...thats what i've always pictured my prom as...having fun and hanging out with friends. Oh well...enuff rambling..ttyl Kaylie

see is believing

" "Any day now, I'll be found out" is a pretty common theme among us guys.  Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life.  We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue."

I couldn't have said that much more effectively.  I feel so trapped sometimes, so limited by what I can and can't accomplish, that I simply give up.  I can't tell you how many times I've settled for something that is easier to obtain.  And now that I've found that route mainly successful, I'm having a hard time reasoning with myself why I should risk rejection, exposure, or pride.  I can't explain in words the amount of regret I feel for some decisions I have made.  Sometimes I simply want approval.  That's it.  Yet approval is so hard to achieve.  I often find myself posing as someone who I am not, someone who can have more guaranteed success and happiness than I could.  Or simply posing because I don't want to be wounded any more than I already am.  I pretend to not care that you broke my heart, pretend to move on, pretend to not think about it everyday.  I take the convenient option over the one that I know can make me happier.

"Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength.  Because the wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound."

Moving along...

I don't feel like I belong at Blackman.  Not to say that I belong somewhere else, or that I don't belong at Blackman, but I don't feel like it.  I don't feel like I can be me there.  I have few true friends there, and I feel quite lonely sometimes.

On Prom...

To be honest, my first choice is taken.  I was thinking about this yesterday at school, and I don't even know who I want to invite.  A few friends of mine have discussed this subject lately, both in differing views.  I want to go to prom, and I want to have fun.  The problem is I don't want to invite someone who I don't think will have fun.  I have thought about asking a few close friends of mine. 

And in closing...

Carpe Diem.  Risk it.  Don't settle.

Dum Spiro, Spero.


::b

*Both quotations taken from Wild at Heart by John Eldredge.

There need to be some changes in how I spend my Tuesdays.  Today, I tried to be more constructive.  I came home and went on a nice moderately long jog.  Then, come to find out it's only 10:28, so I sprawled out in the floor and thought. 

I think I'm going to go with the double "n" spelling of my name.  Lynn Wilhoite.....not a large change but a change none the less.

School is so boring.......I actually wish I had work to do right now, but we dont.............waiting to go home.........not for 13 minutes though...........ugh.........will update later.......possibly.

The Best Survey

* . . About You . . *

Eye Color::
Blue, with an amber ring near the center

Hair Color::
Red.

Height::
6

Favorite Color::
Black.

Screen Name::
SinginRedRachel

Favorite Band::

Me. Does that count?

Favorite Movie::
When Harry Met Sally

Favorite Show::

Carnival


Your Car::
'86 Diesel Mercedes Benz. black, of course

Your Hometown::

Bowling Green, KY.

Your Present Town::

Nashville, TN.


Your Crushes First Name::

Morgan


Your Grade::

out if school, but still learning


Your Style::

Classy and sassy.


* . . Have You Ever . . *

Sat on your rooftop?:

On Sharon's ;)

Kissed someone in the rain?:

Yes.


Danced in a public place?:

Yes.


Smiled for no reason?:

YEs.


Laughed so hard you cried?:

Yeah.


Peed your pants after age 8?:

Sure.


Written a song?:

Ha. Yep.


Sang to someone for no reason?:

Yes. I love to surprise.


Performed on a stage?:

A couple of weeks ago.


Talked to someone you don't know?:

There are no strangers- just people I havent met yet.


Gone out of your way to befriend someone?:

Yes, but I can be pretty selfish sometimes and not be aware.


Made out in a theatre?:

Yes, sir.


Gone roller skating since 8th grade?:

Yeah, I am a real champ.


Been in love?:

Yes <3


* . . Who was the last person to . . *

Say HI to you?:

Some guy walking his dog down the sidewalk.


Tell you, I love you?:

Bo.


Kiss you?:

Dur.


Hug you?:

Yep, Bo.

Tell you BYE?:

I bet that you can guess.


Write you a note?:

My boss. Does that count?


Take your photo?:

A photographer at the Mercy Lounge show.

Call your cell phone?:

Bo.


Buy you something?:

Ha...Bo.

Go with you to the movies?:

Morgan Boaz Reynolds III


Sing to you?:

Tommy. He is my old buddy from camp. He has been trying his band at songwriting.

Write a poem about you?:

Whoah. Prolly never. Bo writes the sweetest cards though.


Text message you?:

Bo.


Touch you?:

Bo-ski


* . . What's the last . . *

Time you laughed?:

at lunch. We all ate pizza!

Time you cried?:

Have you seen "What If" on ABC FAmily?.....i cried a bucket.


Movie you watched?:

see above


Joke you told?:

I dont remember.


Song you've sang?:

like 2 minutes ago.


Time you've looked at the clock?:

just now...thanks.


Drink you've had?:

10 minutes ago. Oh....do you mean a drink drink? This weekend.


Number you've dialed?:

An office in LA.

Book you've read?:

Patricia Cornwell's "Postmortem".

Food you've eaten?:

Pizza.


Flavor of gum chewed?:

I dont chew gum.


Shoes you've worn?:

Walking shoes.


Store you've been in?:

Pizza Perfect.


Thing you've said?:

I answered the phone at work.

* . . Can You . . *

Write with both hands?:

Sure. and upside down too.


Whistle?:

Nope  ;(


Blow a bubble?:

Dur.
 

Roll your tounge in a circle?:

Yes.

Cross your eyes?:

Yes, but I dont


Touch your tounge to your nose?:

Nope.

Dance?:

I think so.


Gleek?:

Not on purpose


Stay up a whole night without sleep?:

Not really.


Speak a different language?:

I can read them phonetically.


Impersonate someone?:

YEah.

Prank call people?:

No, I dont like to care people.

Make a card pyramid?:

No.


Cook anything?:

YEs.


* . . Finish The Line . . *

If i were a ...:
bird i would fly far, far away.

I wish ...:
that people didnt hurt.

So many people don't know that ...:
they can achieve whatever they put their mind to.

I am ...:
a DIVA!!! 

My heart is ...:
happy.

hey well ive got a bball game tonight with church, im feeling a win, i feel alot better (from pulling my groin 2 weeks ago), and i dono if tylers playing, but were not gonna go 0-3, i dono, i feel good about it, but we def need some support, so come on be a cheerleader tonight at 7 15, westport rd baptist church, i hope to see a buncha people there, im at school now, so i dont have the schedule, but ill post it up here soon, so come out and watch us, itll be fun, cyall later

-john

(on behalf of the smbc bball team, haha)

Everyone, remember to go to iTunes today and purchase the live Passion EP... it was recorded at the Passion conference a few weeks ago in Nashville... It rocks and it is only like $5...





purchase the live Passion EP on iTunes

i in math... i hate math.. lol... im on my way to a dance showcase so its prolly gonna be gay but yeh i dont wanna go to class.... anyways....i guess i should go cuz mrs carr is yelling repeatedly...

*i need the keyboard and the mouse!*

lol... so yeh.. bye bye keyboard and mouse.....

love you guys... and love you buttons!!!

cant wait till tommorow and friday!!!!

love you, meag

I'm gonna be unbearable until March.  Because SOMEBODY (well.... Something, rather.... A university to be exact.... Of the George Washington varietal) doesn't send their letters out until then.  ANY answer is better than none at all.  If it's the desirably sort of letter (the kind offering me a full-tuition scholarship through grad-school and a chateau in France for study-abroad) then, well, life will be good.  Very, very good.  If it is slightly less than desirable (a polite denial of admission), I shall proceed to realise that a bartender will be the pinnacle of my professional career, and that I'd better get crackin'.

So the other kids at lunch are reading facts about Chuck Norris.  They are.... Quite amusing.  Heh-heh, heh.

I'm trying to sell a dress I bought on eBay -- It's BCBG, pink.  Floor-length, satin, non-skanky corset top.  Never worn.  The picture is somewhere in the backlogs of PhuseBox humanity.  If you're interested, or know someone who might be.... Let me know.

"Saddam Hussein was not found in a hole in Iraq.  Chuck Norris round-house kicked him to the face in Kansas, and the force slammed him through the earth, and he stopped just short of the surface of Iraq."

so when i looked at the call back sheet, i wasn't there and neither was Ashley Brown... but.. Donna Shearron (i went to her for comfort lol) told me that Mama G just talked to her for like half an hour about how she thought about it last nite and wanted to call back me and Ashley. and then in music theory Mama G pulled me aside into her office and told me she wanted to call me back ^^ and so i'm thinkin and hoping that she'll call Ashley back too ^^

yay!

thanks for your support, all! ^^

Pizza pie and chili burger
Chicken sandwich with a booger
I could love you but I love butter
I love it all, can I have another?????????????????

What the heck am I on?

My sister's baby is officially 9 weeks today! He's soooo cute and big now. He's gained like 6lbs since he's been born.

My preschool lesson is this week. I'm covered in paint from today. They don't really understand the whole paint on paper thing yet but they really like little instruments and making loud noises. It's fun. I like teaching. Today was sooooo much easier than yesterday.

I gotta go read my book now. Catch up on homework and whatnot.

Later..

start living not just existing
----------------------------------------------------------------------
a thought occurs :

my dear, it appears that we are apparitions of the phusebox nature...once ghosthunters, now ghosts...two souls entwined and forever lost to the masses...

being ghosts we cannot be denied certain rights long past due...i was just kinda...i dunno...maybe if you wanted to...sorta...haunt people together...maybe..only if you wanna...im really nervous...its my first time... :)

an experiment of social influence:

the past beckons at every turn, but we are safe...no longer being of their world...this past...these people who haunted our lives now grasp in vain at that which no longer remains...

they chose not to see us then, they cannot see us now...

   ghost1: "mommy, there are people in my closet..."                             

   ghost2: (mumbles)"damn kids...go to bed cecil! everybody knows that people arent real..."
  
   ghost1: "but timmy's dad said he sees them everywhere!"
   ghost2: "timmy's dad is a hippie...he sees lots of things..."
   ghost1: "mommy...whats a...hippeee?"
   ghost2: "a hippie is someone who doesnt bathe...now go to bed!"
   ghost1: "mommy i dont wanna bathe!"
   ghost2: "LOOK! Theres a person in your closet!"
   ghost1: "..."
   ghost2: "lol...noob"

through this week we have been reborn...but these people wont see us, they cant...a life purged of its past...this is my gift to you...

-D

I'm such a 90's Kid.

Anybody under the age of 16 should not read this. Just cuz you were born in '92 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid. It's not like you could remember the original Simpsons.

You know you're a 90's kid and getting old if...


You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You've worn skorts and felt stylish.

You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters club.

You use to love playing with your My Little Pet Shop.

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House."

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in kindergarten.

You remember reading "Goosebumps."

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off."

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence... Not...

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.

You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide.

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down.

" Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE"
he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stumbed he's toe oe oe and thats the end end end of the elephants show ow ow

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.

You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare."

You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder."

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool. (sidebar- they still are cool!)

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell."

You played and or collected "Pogs."

You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger and you owned a Skip It.

You had at least one GigaPet or NanoBaby and brought it everywhere.

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand. (pencils, notebooks, binders, etc.)

You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain would finally take over the world.


Repost this if you were a 90's kid and can relate to any of these

My husband bought a 50 inch Toshiba plasma. It is gonna be on our wall very soon. I think that my life will never be the same.

We moved the "old" TV to the bedroom and it looks huge compared to what we had in there. Ah, life's big pleasures.

Only Tuesday?

I can't belive I didn't get called back for Anita! i might cry! i don't kno what i'm gonna do! >.<

My my took away my computer while I was in the middle of writing my horn quartet. Boo. She said I was on it too much.

if anyone has a black, size 0 dress that Katie Kimbell could wear for homecoming, let me know....
Not a prom dress, more of a cocktail dress... this homecoming is less formal.
It would be best if she doesn't have to buy one, so I'm trying to hook her up with one like this.

Less than love
lies with life
and I can't believe you
for taking that away.

I hear it beating
can't you feel it
you ask "Why?"
and I tell the truth.
But I tone it down
It's like not love,
what I really mean.

Less than love
lies with life
and I can't believe you
for taking that away.

This is fantasy
but I told the truth
in that cold stairwell
salt on each step
and I tell you the truth.
I don't hold back
It's like not love,
what I really mean.

Less than love
lies with life
and I will believe you
if you give it all to me.

Less than love
lies with life
and I can't blame you
for looking the other way.

I'm afraid you're there
even when you're not
this distance is a complication
and I'm not afraid to try.

Your words are unclear
reception cuts like a knife
through "I love you's" and "I'm sorry's"
and I'm not afraid to try.

Passion in me withheld
I ask you for the time
or look to the sky and scream
and I'm not afraid to try.

With our legs together
I listened to your breath
and watched your pretty eyes watch your dreams
and I never felt the same.

Proximity be damned
I'll travel five hundred miles
just to hear you say my name
and I'm so afraid to try.

I called Dell and after 2 hours got them to send me a new Hard Drive. . .

I call and have all their steps completed and it just blows their mind. . .

tonight, after 2 hours I just told them my aunt is a computer technician and that she said i needed a new Hard Drive. . .

Abraham Jones said "one moment please" and then returned and said "we send you new hard drive."

ahhh, it's wonderful

ok guys, another problem rut on the road of my life. most of you know that i quit my job some three or so weeks ago at the prompting and leading of God. see the problem is i have bills to pay. i have just enough money in my checking account to pay my rent on february 1st, and i have the exact amount of money in cash to pay my electric bill in an undisclosed location. besides that money, i have no more. normally that wouldn't be a problem, except that i am almost out of gas, and unfortunately you do have to eat to live. see, i called demos' again today, and he said that if i'm going to do the next server class on monday, they will call me on sunday and tell me what time to be there. and as for the nanny job, she calls me every week updating me on her job search situation, because she has to find a job before she needs me. ugh. so pretty much i need some prayer. pray that the lady i am going to be babysitting for finds a job really soon, and also pray that i can get into the server class at demos'. i also have an appointment at DHS in the morning with a caseworker to try and get tenncare (which i really need) and foodstamps (which would really help), so please pray that the caseworker is sympathetic and wants to help me out. also please pray that i can get some money soon somehow, even if its finding a different job. i'm really asking God that i can find something that He wants for me, that will be flexible around my ministry work. i know that He is faithful and will provide everything i need if i just trust in Him. but it's getting down to the wire. thanks guys for being faithful friends and praying on my behalf. have a wonderful week!

So yea how about this weekend my car got towed......I was really mad when it happened to cause I was out by myself it was 3 am and I had no flipping way of getting it back really......luckly the people who towed it came back by to tow another car so I hitched a ride with them and paid 100 bucks to get my car back......yea so my weekend was horrible except for the whole meeting someone and starting a new job that is going to be sooooooooo easy I can't seem to mess it up.......well no one remarks my blogs so yea peace out bye bye

MAN does it feel good to FINALLY be happy from the inside?!
i mean true joy that ONLY God can give you?!
i'm experiencing that right now & this is probably the BEST i've ever felt...

i know its hard.. i mean gosh it took me 15 years hah... but if you trully, really, whole-heartedly with everything you have give your life to God.. HE WILL DO AMAZING THINGS! & i'd known that all my life... i just never believed it... & then... all of a sudden things just fell into place & here i am! following God & putting ALLLL my faith into Him... because if he doesn't know what He's doing.. then none of us do... so i think i'm letting God take control of my life for once

& i never really understood the definition of faith & until you trully understand something you can never really put it into practice. but a couple months ago someone gave me this definition of faith & its probably the BEST definition ive ever heard--

FAITH--putting trust into something that you have no idea how the end will turn out

& thats basically what you do when you give your life to God... i mean i have NOOOO clue how my life or what i'm going through right now is going to turn out... but no way am i concerned with that! i'm not worrying, stressing, or upset about any of it! like i said,God's going to handle it & do an amazing job!

well.. i just thought i'd share with you my new found joy.. even though its not new found.. its been there for about.. 2 years... it just took a little break... but its definitely back now!

"I won't worry my life away."

 So I was given a job by a woman that I’m kinda working for on campus the other day. The job was very easy but some how I found a way to get confessed. Anyways the job was simply to put some stuff up about the clubs here on campus. She has some boards that have not been updated in about 4 years…. So she asked if I would make them look better…..pretty much do what ever I wanted to. So I took the job! And this was what I had to work with

 

So I got started and went to the cool room that I get to use…..yeah the only problem with it was…..well no one was there…see I guess ppl don’t really work on a Monday, I was alone for 5 hours…….:(

 

Then I was getting ready to make some copies….and that’s when I found him……I call him the BEAST!!!!!!.

 

This thing has more bottins then a airplane

 

So trying to not get confessed I looked for some instruction…..

 

only to be set somewhere else….

 

So then I found them…..

Please someone take a sec and try to understand what the fat I was supposed to have done……codes and numbers and names…….. hodg-e doesnt do that..

 

CONUNDRUM!!!!!

 

But after some time of fighting with the Beast……yeah I moved to a much smaller copier  on the other side of the room. Anyways all in all the day came together…and this was the end product……

Not exactly what I wanted but I was happy……just another day in Hawaii. Aloha.

So yeah my birthday is in 2 weeks... this means i will be 18 and I guess the most exciting part is i will be able to be a waitor then... other than i am wondering if i should have a party or not. so let me know what ya'll think or plan your own for me... lol.
Ben

...Okay, so the title doesn't have much relation to the post, but it was amusing to reach that conclusion at lunch today.

...I find myself wondering again what I want to do with my life.  One thing's for sure: I've never been sure about this before.  There's so much and yet nothing to do with my life.  Life nowadays is dull.  Problem-free, but dull.  Following a career based on my major would land me in front of a computer screen all day, 5 days a week.  Following many careers based around college would put be somewhere, doing little, 5 days a week.

It really is rather odd to think of things this way, but...  Y'know, I've been playing a lot of World of Warcraft lately.  I've been sitting here, clicking on things, figuring how to best kill things, pushing buttons and whatnot...  If I were to get a programming job, I'd sit in front of a screen and push buttons and figure out how to make the computer do what I want it to do.  From a completely non-contextual standpoint, the two activities are basically the same.  ...So shouldn't I get paid to play World of Warcraft...?

And another thing: MTSU.  I love it, and yet I hate it.  It's a good school.  The problem?  Anyone can get in, including pre-med stupid students that don't know mammals from lizards and think "lizard" is spelled "lizzurd".  Ridiculous.  Just plain ridiculous.  You really have to wonder how people like this get in to college; this's basically something that should've been covered in a 6th grade half-page report for cryin' out loud.

...I want to help people, but at times I just...wanna shoot someone.

Oh, and spinners.  Yeah.  They're retarded.  Useless and retarded.  Especially in inclement weather conditions; when that spinner's spinning, I don't know if your wheels are spinning and I should panic and get the hell way from you before you completely lose control or if your spinners are goin'...  Ghargh.

...Anyways, I guess I need to go home and sleep.

Take it easy, everyone.

If you want to understand me and who I am, you must first read this:

1 corinthians 13

"

¹ If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

³ If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

⁵ It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

⁸ Love never falls. But where there are prophecies, they
will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there
is knowledge, it will pass away.

⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

¹⁰ but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought
like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put
childish ways behind me.

¹² Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then
we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully,
even as I am fully known.

¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

"So much to say, so much to say so much to say..." -DMB

    If you didn't know, my mind is at a constant million miles an hour state....which makes it extremely hard for me to concentrate and be still...be quiet (Yes I honestly was diagnosed with ADD in 1st. Grade- What?)  I'm getting serious fast, but there is so much noise in my life.  Most of this noise has a beat, a rythms, a melodys, and lyrics...while the rest of the noise is just a distraction.  Many times, both are distractions.  Right now I have a noise in my head that I am not quite sure what it is...and I'm not quite sure what I should do about it. 
    Until I figure out what it is, I'm going to do my best to sit still...and be quiet.  If I cannot accomplish this I am going continue listening to Damien Rice and Dashboard Confessional.


FYI-  Nooma released their 12th short this week, and if you should definitely drop the $10 for it because I gurantee it is amazing.

Peace guys, and I will leave you with this:

"May you believe in God.  But may you come to see that God believes in you.  May you have faith in Jesus.  But may you come to see that Jesus has faith that you can be like him.  A person of love and compassion and truth.  A person of forgiveness, and peace, and grace, and job, and hope.  And may you be covered in the dust of your rabbi, Jesus."    -Rob Bell, "Rain"

To the young man who is trying to start a blog group centered around "George Bush the Anti-Christ." Sorry--he can't be--he's a gentile. The Scripture clearly states that the anti-christ is Jewish. that does not make me anti-semitic. Not every Jew is the Anti-christ--just that one. I love the Jewish people and gravitate to them whenever i can to talk to them about all sorts of things-- I always learn something. Wonderful people with a wonderful future. There is that one shmuck, though, that I hope they have spiritual sense enough not to follow. During the Tribulation period there will be at least 144,002 Jewish men who will not follow the Anti-christ! That's right out of the Revelation. I hope this starts a dialog and not a firestorm. Aruments create heat, but no light. I am giving you the straight stuff here--telling the truth in love.   

Heres whats going on... I'm an idiot and failed Algebra 2 (again) so now I gotta take a credit recovery thing.  Its from 3-5 Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Its gonna suck.  Its supposed to be all on the computer though, so that makes it alittle better.  I think I'll do ok with it, as long as I graduate right?  And when is prom?  Wow I need to find a date quick, or I'll end up not going again like last year...  Its not like prom is a big thing to me, but if I have someone to go with it will be cool.

You,
I suspect that you haven't a clue as to what kind of an effect you have on me. I thought this was over and done with, yet somehow you've managed to create an issue all over again. The conversations we have and the diction you choose...what do you expect from me? I've become so vulnerable to you. Something I never wanted and something I never expected. You know that what you want from me is something I can't give and yet you ask for it as if you expect me to give it to you anyway.
It's been almost forever since I've seen you, yet I can still remember the very look in your eyes when I said goodbye.
I'm afraid that I may be persuaded into the very thing I promised myself I wouldn't allow.
This is you.
And I can't fight even if it's not real.
                                                   The one who can't help it.

the best senior class ever.
i love these guys so much.
i don't think they realize how much i and everyone else in the youth group looks up to them.
its going to be incredibly hard to let them go.

the best youth group ever.
so big. and i love it. gosh i love them all!

PREDATORS JUST BEAT THE RED WINGS!!
are you pumped?! better be pumped!
i'm pumped!

haha and yes sarah, how could i forget?!
Funky Cherries!
People actually noticed my experimental random red streak of hair today..
i wonder how long it will last hah..

---

Winter Camp was amazing!

I love my youth group so much!

The worship was increbible!

oh and I am a beast at four square.

at camp, i played it an insane amount.

i want to make a four square league.

interested?

WOW.... i soooooooooo wanted to get out of skool today... oh well life sux!!  ... me and sara went prom dress shopping today after school.... yah NO luck! our mall SUX on the BIG!!! .... then on the way home we stopped at krystal's HAHA... jon was workin... yah fun stuff... then went to get andrew.... then to my home YAY (ha).... me and miranda had fun playin sims... i made dave, andrew and aaron's house... nifftyness!!  then me and sara's house... YAY.... wo i need a life!! 26 more days till military ball!!
~tRISH

you know sometimes

when i'm really upset

or something is wrong...

the only place i feel comfortable is being in the country.

driving down an old dirt road aimlessly, not knowing where i'm going or what i will see.

I need to be satisfied right now, I know that she will come along in your time. I love you. I am going to focus on you and keep my focus on you. I pray for her and pray that she is seeking you in her life. - JT

ok so basically... life has still been amazing... but kinda wierd... yet amusing

1st off.... (im not a bad kid... BUT...)

so me and a friend skipped 3rd period the other day cuz we wanted McDonalds and last time i checked... Oakland doesnt have mcdonalds... so yeh... long story short... we got caught... (o yeh... we also forged a note from a teacher) well i took the blame for the note just to get kurt out of a bit of trouble... and yeh... it almost got me sent to Daniel McKee (i think thats what its called)... i had to like BEG ms yeager not to send me... so i got 2 days of oss and if i get in trouble for ANYTHING for the rest of the semester then i go straight to alternative school no questions asked... so let me tell you about how im gonna be the best student ever... cuz alternative school is NOT the place for people like me...

2nd on the list...

so friday i hung out with Kurt , Cheyanne, Marquees, Quin, and some asian dude named johnny... well yeh... i went to the game after that and long story short... lauren got upset with me... and had all the right to be... (no i didnt do anything like cheat on her or anything)... but yeh... so this guy was there named Jasper... he likes her... and she kinda blew me off and was with him the whole night... but yeh... she was mad at me so i kinda understand... well yeh... a bunch of people go to la siesta after the game and apperantly jasper kissed lauren... lauren said she didnt kiss him back that she didnt expect it... so yeh... lauren tells me about it saturday night... (im just glad she told me and i didnt have to find out from someone else)... well i wasnt mad at her... but yeh... if i see jasper any time soon then ill probably kick his ass... and lauren doesnt want me to... but what should i do... just say "ok yeh... u can kiss MY GIRLFRIEND!!!"... NO!!!... im gonna be mad at the guy... so yeh... what do you guys think i should do?

3rd part of the post...

i really like phusebox... i know iv said that a million times but iv never said why... this site is an east place to get everything off my chest thats so much as slightly bothering me... as well as pick up on the daily gossip... lol... i know that i can write whatever i want and very few people are gonna be like... "ugh i cant believe you"... some pseudo jews excluded from that... (no thats not a joke)... i know that i can talk about how lauren gets on my nerves sometimes... and how gaines starts a lot of drama... and how jessica is the best thing ever put into my life... but at the same time... i know this is a place for solid confessions... when i started to do things i didnt used to... i posted on here... cuz i knew that it would get it off my chest that someone may not know and think im hiding it from them... when i do things i know i shouldnt have... i post them here... because i think talking about things is the best way to settle things... when im down about anything... i post about it... and my friends cheer me up in words they may be afraid to say in person... and those words really mean a lot guys... they really do... i know that i can put up embarrassing pictures... heck everone does... i can do WHATEVER i want... and not be judged by anyone but jews... (no im not a nazi... im reffering to someone...)

so guys... all of you... i really want to thank you... even though this may just be a long list of words... its worth it... its good to talk about it...

if ANYONE needs to talk about somethin... even if i dont know you... honestly... im here for ya... 3.9.7.-.6.7.7.7. later guys and gals

We got last semesters grades today...I was afraid that I had had a B in Algebra 2, but it turns out something was messed up in the grading system, so I got an A instead...two 94s...a 100 and a 96. I'm hoping I can bring them up to like 97s and 98...but I'm not so sure. Anyway, Yeah, I'm happy, I made a 4.0 so that brings me happiness. Leave me lots of remarks. Love ya'll. See you Wednesday. 

I LoVe YoU JoSh!!!!

                  Well Guys I just feel like writing some random things down....

 I love the Rain!!!!

Sometimes it's easier to stay where you are then to trust God for a change!!!( love that one)

You should love JESUS more than you love your Life!!!!

God created ALL things!!!(read Colossians 1:15-18)

I don't understand but I trust God!!!!( love that one)

Everyone makes mistakes!!!

Jer.29:11, Romans 8:28, Phil.4:13!!!!

                    I hope you guys have a great week!!! Please pray for me....I Have alot going on right now... Let God be the center of your life this week!!!! Oh yea....YAY for Ben!!

JESUS LOVES YOU!!!!

<><  ><>                                     ~amy~

I feel like a bad person. :( I feel so weak because I get overwhelmed so easily. It's only the second week of school and I feel.... bad? :(

In addition to feeling generally poopy about school (mostly research), being crazy tired, and having a cold, I am also kitten-less. My little Kenobi is in Knoxville with my sister. I hope to have him back very soon.

I hope anyone that reads this is doing better than I am. Especially Bethany, because she is the best, and she's also the only person on Phusebox that I know in real life.

these past few weeks for me havent been the best for me. they also havent been the worst either. ive been really impatient with people and things that werent going my way. ive said some things to people that i probably shouldnt have said. at the same time i went on a retreat last weekend that was so awesome and had a great time. i have gotten to meet some great folks. it has just been up down up down up down. if you could do me a favor, could you please pray for me. i would greatly appreiciate it. thanks. hope you have a great week. peace.

 

hey!

well once again i'm back, and it's been a while because my computer decited to crash. but yea i guess that's life, and i'm glad it's better now. well i was gonna do another FYI thing but i don't have to time. but i'll do one soon i hope. ok well i hope that all is well. leave me some remarks.

<3 always,

lindsey

oh em gee i'm pretty sure this phusebox thing is gonna be confusing.

2 Cor. 4:16

LOVE/ Britt

so... just got back from WSS auditions and i feel great!!!! that was the most amazing audition i've ever done! i've never felt so good singin in front of ppl! and i even felt i did well acting-wise too! ^^ and they held me after w/ some other girls too so i think i'll get called back! ^^ i mean, if i don't, i'll just die >.< but i'm very proud of myself

for a while... my days sucked but lately every day has been beautiful. in itz own way

"I go my way
Humming a song
If it makes no difference whether I may cry or smile
I smile"
-Ayu (Humming 7/4)

i wanna be anywhere but here near you.....

gosh. i luuuuurrrrrrve that song....dag yo. so today, me n matt were doin our dance, which we practiced at length yesterday, and when i went down to do the dip, i went down too far, and he dropped me...oy vey. mon dieu. zut alors! it was hilarious. he fell too. and we both just lay there laughing our butts off. 'twas great. today was pretty dang awesome. today we started watching Gatacca in bio, had a sub in algebra dos, but history kinda sucked. oh well. nayways, then i got to espanol and forgot to do an assignment, so i have to write like, 50 something sentences. arrgggh. but i guess i deserve it. oh well. then choir, well... you know how that went....english was aight i guess. man. dontcha hate it how guys seem to start paying attention to you right when you decide to stop liking them. grr. and certain people at my school are extra gorgeous lately. ahhhhhhhhh. nayways. not to be super negative, but the play looks awful. dang. but well, les jeunes filles, seront les jeunes filles? Ne'cest pas?...kidding....yet another one of my lines...actually it has nothing to do with what i just said. nayways. much love to you all. --cari 

Hey guys hope everyones life is goin good, mine is

theres this girl at school whos caught my eye

she is so awesome, when i talk to her its like nothing bad could possibly happen, its an awesome feeling, the only bad part is i dont see her that much but oh well, thats life

cool bible verse-  Jeremiah 29:11

song of the day- What You Say by Mr. Ray Charles

talk to u guys later

Your Hidden Talent

You have the power to persuade and influence others.
You're the type of person who can turn a whole room around.
The potential for great leadership is there, as long as you don't abuse it.
Always remember, you have a lot more power over people than you might think!

DANIELLE

D

is for

Dazzling

A

is for

Astounding

N

is for

Neglected

I

is for

Irresistible

E

is for

Energetic

L

is for

Likeable

L

is for

Lovable

E

is for

Exuberant

mk
start thinking...NOW!
use my name to describe me
yes, lazy people may use erin or dani
overly ambitious people may use Erin Danielle Westerman
(why the heck you would feel that ambitious surpasses me)
mk
Go!

Anybody feel like finding me a prom date?!?

Please head on over to here and vote for my dog.  Today is the last day and the polls will close at midnight.  Please vote 5 bones so we can win!!

thanks,
shelby

P.S. if you can't vote, clear your cookies in your browser and then vote.  In fact, if you want to do that all night, you can!!

i need a prom date.

1 Week for me and Ali today...yep yep.

Let's try for a bit more. lol.

Love that girl!

hey everybody!

i havnt been on here in so long, mainly because my computer is from forever ago and it makes me angry, so i try to stay away from it as much as possible. things have been a little on the rough side lately. I found out that my boyfriend for sure has a daughter, and i'm having an extremely hard time dealing with it.she's 3 months old, so its still new. I'm sad because if we get married i'll never have his first child but i also hate myself for not caring for his daughter any more than i do... he's having a hard time adjusting to the situation too.... it's just hard. if ANYONE has any insight into the situation, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share it with me. advise and encouragement is very very wanted and needed.

thank yall : )

Life is completely phenomenal. I can't wait for the very next step I take. I don't want to see the future because then I won't get to experience the magical surprise with each step. I'm finally letting go of memories I don't need...and am finally living for my God. Amazing? Yes...I know.

hey everyone, well me soo bored

     meg

WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUTTA SCHOOL!

Today on my way to school i was DRIVING thru roads underwater and me and my truck almost got swept away! Several roads were closed out by my house! It was so CRAZY! It took me forever to get to school! Well yall talk to yah soon!

Ok, this is the 3rd Blog I've had.  I don't know a soul in this blog other than Ami, but maybe I can change that.  Anyway, I just needed something else to waste my life with, so feel free to say hello.

Wow...

so it's been about a million years since I updated or anything.  This weekend is my interview for summer missions.  I hope that I get to go to Chicago this summer.  Man, that would be absolutely AMAZING!!! I can't wait....

I went and got my H.I.M. shirt yesterday.  I really like it.  I am going to take back the Fullmetal Alchemist hat I bought cause it looks funny on me.  I skipped school today to avoid ISS because it is so boring.  I am going to just ask for OSS instead.  Anybody want to go see Underworld: Evolutions with me on Thursday?  I'll pay.  I have been listening to H.I.M. non-stop since I bought the cds.  Valo's voice is just freaking awesome.  My birthday is in 17 days.  I think I am going to get a hotel room for myself.  And just sleep there all night.  If anyone wants to come to that you need to tell me soon.  I still need ideas for my hair......

The Face Of God - H.I.M.

I'm drained but aching for more
And the devil inside is reading
The words of the saddest poem
To be engraved on the stone on my grave

I'd kill to share your pain
And sell my soul for you just to say:

"I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's the shadow on our wall
With the face of God"

Nothing will be enough
For the ones who keep on stumbling
In the garden of withering trust
Without the courage to leave

I'd take my life for your kiss
And lose it all to take you across the abyss

I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's the shadow on our wall
With the face of God

Well this is Buddy Allen last week  he is going  to the military we want to invite all college age to come tuesday at 7:07 pm

Not really anything new.........just bored in PT...........waiting for the data I need to make our lab report..........anyways....update later......

I miss China. Last night, I went to bed before midnight (shocking, I know). I don't usually remember dreams, but last night, I vividly remember dreaming about China. When I woke up, I had a few emails from some Chinese friends in my inbox.

I'm ready to go back.
Here's what I'm missing:

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call,
Wanted to sail upon your waters
since I was three feet tall.
You've seen it all, you've seen it all.

Watch the men who rode you,
Switch from sails to steam.
And in your belly you hold the treasure
that few have ever seen, most of them dreams,
Most of them dreams.

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late.

I've done a bit of smugglin'
I've run my share of grass.
I made enough money to buy Miami,
But I pissed it away so fast,
Never meant to last, never meant to last.

I have been drunk now for over two weeks,
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks,
But I've got to stop wishin',
Got to go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom again.
Just a few friends, just a few friends.


I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
And though I ran away, they'll come back one day.
And still could manage a smile
It just takes awhile, just takes awhile.

Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found
My occupational hazard being my occupations
just not around.
I feel like I've drowned,
Gonna head uptown.

-J.B.

HAPPY B-DAY TO ME!!!

    So I'm in on the phone last night with a friend, and I realize something.  Life inherently sucks.  I'm not trying to sound depressed of anything but life's a bitch, and the only way that were going to find any happieness is to not let it get is down.  I'm sick of being the infinitly nice person who never dislikes anyone, but inside I'm torn between letting people know that they're being asses, and need to change, or just doing what I always do, and act like im OK with everything. 
    There is not universal equality in the way that we think of fairness.  You love someone, and they may be indiffrent to it, go out with someone else that is a totaly superficial self centered ass, and then come back to you when they realize that their not happy.  On the other hand, because you are absorbed in said person that you will never have a chance with (logically speaking), than all the other people that want to go out with you are screwed.  Soo out of this we get a whole bunch of unhappy people, and only one happy one......the self centered drama queen that has the personality of a paperclip.

Yea...not cool if ya ask me.

       Now this all sounded very ego centric, and homo-superior...so let me finish with this justification.
    Happieness cannot be gained in anyway from earthly things.  You need to find joy in loving somone, even if they cant be with you.  You need to find a higher purpose than just getting a really cool car, and a pretty girlfriend.  People we need to stop being so effin shallow, wake up and smell the reality.
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P.S.  I still want a 3000 GT..............summer job here I come.

I'm so tired of everything.. (except of course my fantabulous friends, how are you gonads today?) I'm tired of school, college applications, scholarships, being the only one who does their work, trying to make everyone else happy.... especially the last one. I try to make everyone happy, but some people aren't satisfied with what I can give, so I try to pay more attention to them, in the process neglecting myself and other people who love me. I wish people would be satisfied with who I am and what I can give them... I used to like who I was, now after trying to change for everyone else, I'm not so sure...

Ok that was my venting for today....Oh and I have amazing pictures to post, but my computer is sooo slow....

The Best Survey

* . . About You . . *

Eye Color::
Hazel (but more green than brown) 

Hair Color::
um we're going to go with a dark blonde/light brown 

Height::
5'2"

Favorite Color::
pink or red or blue or green

Screen Name::
spiggles 

Favorite Band::
avenge sevenfold ;) 

Favorite Movie::
Pirates of the Caribbean!!

Favorite Show::
sex and the city or days of our lives

Your Car::
a red chevy cavalier

Your Hometown::
Murfreesboro 

Your Present Town::
Murfreesboro, i'm real interesting...

Your Crushes First Name::
Steven

Your Grade::
SENIOR in college! ahh!

Your Style::
i'm pretty unique...if anything i'd say preppy

* . . Have You Ever . . *

Sat on your rooftop?:
:( no 

Kissed someone in the rain?:
hehe does snow count?? :)

Danced in a public place?:
oh yeah!

Smiled for no reason?:
hehe i seem to be doing that a lot lately

Laughed so hard you cried?:
do you know me at all?

Peed your pants after age 8?:
mmmm maybe while laughing a little bit but that's all

Written a song?:
ha i tried but it sucked

Sang to someone for no reason?:
once again, do you know me at all!?

Performed on a stage?:
all the time and love it 

Talked to someone you don't know?:
yes

Gone out of your way to befriend someone?:
yes

Made out in a theatre?:
nope 

Gone roller skating since 8th grade?:
haha yes and will be in a couple of weeks!

Been in love?:
yup...

* . . Who was the last person to . . *

Say HI to you?:
a girl that just walked into the LRC

Tell you, I love you?:
my mommy 

Kiss you?:
steve

Hug you?:
steve

Tell you BYE?:
steve

Write you a note?:
um...ali! 

Take your photo?:
mallory

Call your cell phone?:
steve

Buy you something?:
ashley bought my dinner last night! woo! 

Go with you to the movies?:
steve, griff, and amanda 

Sing to you?:
steve :)

Write a poem about you?:
i'm not sure if anyone ever has

Text message you?:
natalie

Touch you?:
steve

* . . What's the last . . *

Time you laughed?:
this morning at work

Time you cried?:
yesterday

Movie you watched?:
remember the titans 

Joke you told?:
eh, probly the string in a bar joke ha!

Song you've sang?:
dialogues...i can't get it outta my head!

Time you've looked at the clock?:
9:00 am

Drink you've had?:
water

Number you've dialed?:
steve 

Book you've read?:
um, probly redeeming love by francene rivers

Food you've eaten?:
shanghai wings from chilis

Flavor of gum chewed?:
um, mint?

Shoes you've worn?:
nike shocks

Store you've been in?:
wal-mart

Thing you've said?:
"that man right there..."

* . . Can You . . *

Write with both hands?:
yeah, but the left side looks kinda funny

Whistle?:
not very well

Blow a bubble?:
yes

Roll your tounge in a circle?:
yes

Cross your eyes?:
yes

Touch your tounge to your nose?:
no

Dance?:
sometimes i think i can... ;)

Gleek?:
haha unintentionally! 

Stay up a whole night without sleep?:
definately not tonight! but probably yeah! 

Speak a different language?:
i sing in different ones :)

Impersonate someone?:
sometimes

Prank call people?:
no

Make a card pyramid?:
never been bored enough to try 

Cook anything?:
as long as it has directions :)

* . . Finish The Line . . *

If i were a ...:
cheese puff, you better not eat me. I might just make your stomach hurt. (haha rachael!)

I wish ...:
that i didn't have any emotional scars

So many people don't know that ...:
I actually can be quiet!

I am ...:
a DIVA!!! 

My heart is ...:
very vulnerable right now, but i have trust it will not be taken for granted again :)

so i was reading my magical rainbow Bible at breakfast this morning and i really liked this verse:

"Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment."-John 7:24

"It was a cold day
I kept on waiting
Just for you
In the hard rain
I was afraid of nothing
I could even think
That even if it was the last day of my life
I didn't care
People who were
Happily smiling together
Passed just close to me
So many times
But I was smiling
More gently than anyone else
Standing alone
Without an umbrella"
-Ayu (rainy day)

hey guys...well i'm in first period right now...really bored...i've been really busy with work lately...i have a "date" friday night...i guess it's not technically a date, bcuz i'm not allowed to date him, but w/e! he's just a really funny guy, and we're just hanging out....Kristin bell is also going with us, so that'll be fun! neways..i work tonight, and tomorrow night i have to write a paper for Vanzant...yea... fun fun...then i work thursday night also...then friday going to see saw 2 (MAYBE) and out to eat...but i'm paying for my own! so it's not a date...neways...yea i work saturday night, which isn't gonna be fun again, and then sunday church...yea then the rest of my normal routine! well i'm out..i guess i'll se everybody later.

Kaylie

   So this week is going to be crazy! I have all of this work that I need to catch up on from last week and being away in the city for class, plus I still need to take the test that I have for my class and write a 10 page paper. Every night this week I have something to do for work. Today I had staff meeting at 6:30 in the morning and have Cru tonight wich I am not looking forward to. Today's weather sucks which could also add to my crankiness.
I got some very exciting news though last night! One of my closest friends, Emily Thormahelen got engaged last night! So she will have a much simpler last name after October, but she'll always be Emily T to me!  Got to start working out again since I'm in the wedding!
So right now the only things that will get me through today are God, a nap, and the fact that next week I am going to Florida!
So I think I need to head over to the office and go to work even though I have no desire to leave this couch.

bored again. i just got an awesome pic from a friend

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I'll walk alone

Green Day is one of the hottest (maybe the hottest) groups right now on the radios and TVs.  Their newest album contains songs that I find catchy, but as I listen to the lyrics and read the lyrics, it begins to dawn on me that this is where much of America is.

Right now, there are so many people that are walking this same road that Billy Joe sings about and we can make a difference.  What joy do we have that we cannot share it with others?  How much love have we been given that we cannot give to others? 

These lyrics represent somebody searching.  So many people are searching, but searching for what?  They may not know and that is where we can come in.  Lonliness and despair are not from God.  Remember the demon-possessed man in Mark 5.  He too was all alone at the tombs. 

I'm not saying that Billy Joe is demon-possessed, but the lonliness and despair that others are fighting are not from the loving, caring, nurturing God that we serve.  If these lyrics describe your life, then I want to encourage you to press on towards God and you will find him waiting for you. 

Hey, so this is kinda long…. But stick with it. If you’re just too tired (lazy) to read it all, just look at the pictures and leave us something.

So, after much prayer and hard work, blood, sweat, and tears (ok, so not so much blood, sweat, and tears… but u know) we finally had our first meeting of Critical Mass. We wanted to let all of ya’ll in on how it went. And one word sums it all up…… DANG!!! (see previous blog).

So here’s the basic run down of what happened….

 

We acquired the “Game Room” from MCC to hold our meetings every Thurs. Now, when we say “Game Room” we mean that its got one ping pong table that’s unusable and has several chairs to take up any kind of space that would supposedly be used for fun… hence the name “Game Room”.

Hodge and I found out that this is what it takes to pull off a meeting here in HI. (p.s. We now have a new found love for the glorious men and women who make up the AO tech team…… aka we suck at anything having to deal with technology outside of phusebox) If ya’ll knew the trouble that it took to find a flippin projector screen on the island of Maui, you’d understand our new found adoration. (as u can tell, I (Hodge) am not writing this)

Here’s the fruits of our labor….. isn’t it glorious (comm’on through me a figgin bone here) It’s no AO, but it sure is CM………….lol.

Yay… our first slide show (is it supposed to take an entire day to make one of these?)

We had a 15 minute game lined up that ended up lasting all of about 3 mins. But, here’s the real beauty of this pic…. We had come with the full expectation of having possibly 3-5 other people there besides ourselves. (why do we doubt God’s power?) As you can see, there were many more than that. In all, there were 19 other people there besides Hodge and I. This is ridiculous for a commuter campus of 2800… DANG! We had almost 2% of the entire college there (that’s huge… that relates to AO having roughly 460 people at their first meeting ever) PRAISE GOD!!! Cause we know that it had absolutely nothing to do with us, but only by His grace. It only get’s better from here though.

 

 

And now we come to the Heart of Worship…..

 

It was amazing how the Lord opened our eyes to the real situation at hand… there are people here that are in love with our Savior, Jesus Christ. We were completely astounded on how much the Lord moved in our very first meeting. The spirit of the room was electrifying and left both of us in udder amazement. There are no words to express how thankful we were to the Lord for his mercy and grace to us on Thursday night. HOW GREAT THOU ART!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Yay… I get to speak……

 

 

Did I really get to speak about the glory of our Lord? How freakin cool is that?

 

 

Hey, guess what, Hodge got to speak too…….. YAY!!!!

 

 

And he did a wonderful job… bless him Jesus (church lady voice).

 

 

So, what does this all mean? What’s it all about college student of 2006? The reality is…..We have been astounded by the goodness and mercy of the Lord Christ Jesus. We find ourselves blessed to be called children of the Living God, and even more fortunate to be able to spread His name and glory. We know that ya’ll have been prayin for us as we’ve been here, and that a lot of people were prayin this last Thursday. You can’t quite understand how necessary that is until you’re here in our positions. So, all that’s to say, thanks. Ya’ll mean a lot to us, and we can’t wait to get back home when its our time.

 

-Jeff and Hodg-E

"Puddles" - What to do when it rains and poors and you feel bored...

I saw a canvas
it was left blank for so long
it became art, itself
Perhaps the image was me.
------
I sing a song that knows no tune
Or popular artist
Or that will gain me fortune
But I sing it
With every chance I get
Because it makes you smile.
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Just borrowed the Lost Season 1 DVDs from my sister-in-law. Have watched about 14.5 episodes so far.  I would just like to say the following:

wtfPOLARBEARS!

That is driving me seven kinds of crazy.  So far into the season [please don't spoil anything past the point where Claire comes back because that's as far as I've gotten] we've seen two polar bears.  The one that Sawyer killed and the one that tried to eat Walt.

What.The. Crap.  I'm going to be glued to this stupid show for the next three days, probably.

Oh, and if giant jungle monster that likes to snack on plane captains turns out to be a dinosaur or a giant monkey, I am going to be sorely dissappointed.

And to close my obsessive fan post, I would like to say that Hurley is the best.  Gotta love a fat man who builds a golf course when he's been stranded on a wacked-out tropical island that has huge people-eating monsters and jungle-dwelling polar bears.

I need a girlfriend... Just figured that one out lol...  Not really accually I figured that out like a month ago...